{"id":2896,"date":"2013-12-01T15:10:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T20:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2013-12-01T15:12:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T20:12:06","slug":"china-launches-first-moon-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/china-launches-first-moon-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"China Launches First Moon Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
China launched ts first lunar probe early Monday, which, if all goes well, will make it only the third nation — after the United States and the Soviet Union — to soft-land on the moon.<\/p>\n
The launch of the unmanned probe took place at 1:30 a.m. Monday (12:30 p.m. ET Sunday), state-run Xinhua news agency reported.<\/p>\n
The Chang’e-3 blasted off from a Long March 3B rocket in Sichuan province located in southwest China and is expected to land on the moon’s surface in mid-December.<\/p>\n